Increase in Violence and Psychosis In Our Society
By momiecat
@momiecat (997)
United States
April 22, 2013 11:18am CST
There have long been murders and death in our society at the hands of others due to a number of different motives. So many of these "murders" could have been prevented or thwarted if only several factors were paid attention to.
Many of these murders are undertaken by a person closely related to the victim. Many times, though not all, are committed by a male against a female. It could be a spouse, a lover, a friend or business acquaintance. It could be a stranger. These horrific acts are motivated by passion, jealousy, greed, envy, deviancy and many times by psychosis.
Over the years, our justice system (in the United States) has become much more lax in terms of sentences and punishment of those who take another's life. Prosecutors have to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that someone committed a crime, a killing. Sometimes this is most difficult as there may not be a lot of evidence to prove that the situation was a murder. Other times, there are substantial amounts of evidence and the case seems more likely to have a positive outcome for the prosecutor.
I believe that our justice system has become so "politically correct" that it does not deem reasonable to enforce the death penalty anymore. What this leaves us with is more crowded prisons, more taxpayer money needed to support those convicted and a greater opportunity for those who have murdered to eventually be released and be afforded the opportunity to murder again.
I also believe that the majority of those who have acted upon their inner demons and actually carried out violence towards another human being (and many times animals also) are unable to be rehabilitated and will go on to murder again if given the opportunity. This perpetuates crime, murder and injustice upon a society of mostly law-abiding, peaceful citizens.
In order to help prevent these acts of violence, I think we must advocate for several things to happen. One thing would be to educate young people about the effects of violence, the warning signs, things to avoid in relationships and resources to help those who may display psychotic tendencies. I believe we need to provide psychiatric care for those who have defects within their souls in order to keep them off the streets and give humane care to those who are able to be "controlled" with medication. For the most part, these individuals cannot be rehabilitated and present an ongoing danger to society. For those who are so evil to the core and show no remorse, I believe the death penalty should be invoked. Many many instances have occurred whereby a persons falls through a crack in the justice system and has been allowed to roam freely to commit other crimes.
I see a real problem in our society today in that violence and psychosis are on the rise. Our legislators and those who are influential in the "system" need to develop better strategies for dealing with these situations. We always have the tendency to think that it will not happen to me or my loved one but with the numbers of victims increasing daily, those chances are narrowed and we may just find that the horror of this out-of-control violence and psychosis is nearer to us than we could ever imagine.
2 responses
@RAJASB (109)
• India
23 Apr 13
Ever since the human species been on the Earth, it's been a long battle and struggle to overcome the situations and human has to fight against all the odds like weather, wild animals and everything which resulted in human evolution and human being stated himself as the best species among God's creation. It's the ability to think that put human above all the species but, the same thinking has crippled the human mind and made him selfish, jealous, dominance and hatred which resulted in imbalance in the society. It's your hatred towards the fellow human beings and trying to dominate them resluted in brawls, wars and mayhem. If every person keeps control of his thoughts, no voilence will ever be resulted in the world and the entire world will be in peace and harmony.
@momiecat (997)
• United States
23 Apr 13
You make some good points. It seems like it is the age-old struggle with good versus evil. I know there are a lot of good people in this world but, as you mention, many people have been filled with the evils that make this world a difficult place to live -- selfishness, jealousy, dominance and hatred. Children need to be taught at a young age that these characteristics only perpetuate negativity. The young mind is like a sponge and it will absorb what it is taught early on. The young mind also learns by example and that is also where our society falls short of attaining "peace and harmony" because the examples we provide are not all necessarily promoting these values.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
22 Apr 13
One of the problems with our mental health laws is a person who is "normal" when on medication is allowed to be in society. They also have the right to not take their medication. When they don't take their medication they are not responsible for their behavior, but society can't force them to take medication either.
One other thing that makes the problem seem worse is the 24/7 news cycle we know about every little car chase or fire. Many of these things happened before but we did not hear about the every day for hours.
@momiecat (997)
• United States
22 Apr 13
I believe your response has merit in both statements. It is true that we are exposed to more and more violence in the news today as compared to years ago when we did not have computers and social media like we do in this day and age. We do tend to get more saturated with the stuff that actually makes news and that is the violence, crimes and tragedies. I still do believe, however, that crime is on the rise, that more people are discontent with their lives and lack of having what they want, so more tendencies to commit crimes to get what they want, be it material things or, conversely, revenge of some sort.
Your other point about mental health laws is also well taken. I do believe that mental health problems are also on the rise and that we do not have the money nor the government power to keep these unfortunate mentally ill people off the streets. It is a conundrum to say the least. Just as there seems to be a greater need for more prisons in today's society, there seems to be an increasing need for more mental hospitals/facilities to house and care for these persons who are not able to function in the "real world" due to various circumstances that have brought them to the breaking points in their lives.
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